#(but yeah i wish this was more common takatora looked really good)

[kabutoraiger]

a kamen rider wish: actors in the suits! i know making a suit to fit the actor takes time but i want more of it? am i talking about melonman? yes, of course, i'm talking about melonman. mr kubota in zangetsu suit looked very sexie. i wish we saw that with kouta too? and for other riders!

if you haven’t yet my number 1 advice would of course be to watch hibiki bc the face actors helmetless in-suit are a near constant in that show. and everyone’s extremely attractive which makes it even better

i still only have caps of the old tvrip sadly but it’s all out in HD now!

[gobureis]

Shibata Katsuie in SW5

I got curious and looked at places where people talk about SW and I wish I didn’t LOL

anyway, it seems that people are bothered with what SW5 decided to do with Katsuie. On the one hand I understand, on the other hand how is it different from Otani serving the Azai or Takatora serving Ieyasu from Komaki-Nagakute in SW4? SW4 Takatora is basically just a random guy who has nothing in common with Todo Takatora. (And there are other examples, SW was never historically accurate.)

now, a lot of the WTFness is because people only watch youtube videos and miss events because those who stream the game usually just play with Nobunaga and choose to try new characters as partners and don’t bother really play other characters (or side stories) during their first run (and some events unlock only if you play with Oichi or Nagamasa or Katsuie) + language barrier

Ever since the beginning, there was a strong Oichi+Nobuyuki+Katsuie trio and when Nobuyuki was ordered to commit seppuku, Katsuie wanted to follow him. At that time Nobunaga ordered him to live and protect Oichi. So he became something like a bodyguard to her.

years pass and they meet Nagamasa. Nagamasa decided to join the Oda and Nobunaga makes marriage arrangements (other things happen but not relevant), and after the marriage is a go, Nobunaga tells Katsuie to join Oichi and go to Azai Nagamasa with her. Katsuie promises to protect Oichi forever, and he protects her even if it means fighting Nobunaga.

After Odani castle, Nobunaga ordered both under house arrest.

However, next stage is Nagashino where Katsuie joins and fights for the Oda, does good stuff, and Nobunaga praises him.

And then you have Tetorigawa - where Katsuie is the supreme commander leading the Oda army - it’s all about Katsuie, Toshiie, Hideyoshi... and Oichi.

And in this stage Kenshin asks him why Nobunaga lets him live, since he turned his blade against him.

Katsuie tells him that for Nobunaga, he’s a guard dog. And that Nobunaga doesn’t care if a dog bit him in the past, if he was disciplined enough.

In any case, at the end of the story, Katsuie is indebted to Nobunaga for letting him live after Nobuyuki’s suicide, and he’s also indebted to Nagamasa (again, not that different from SW4 Yoshitsugu and Takatora), and he is an Oda general. He’s not any less or more loyal to Nobunaga than Hideyoshi. Hideoyoshi in this title is literally only using Nobunaga to make it big.

In many ways Katsuie is probably treated better than Toshiie - Toshiie doesn’t actually have any story nor development (he kind of ‘ends’ at Okehazama - Okehazama is a good stage for Toshiie and Nobunaga’s friendship).  Katsuie also gets more screen time than some other characters.

I was a bit WTF when Katsuie appeared with the Azai clan ngl because I missed events that only unlock if you play as Nagamasa or Oichi (or Katsuie?) at a certain stage, but it fits the story that was told in SW5. And Tetorigawa is a good stage and a nice ‘good-bye’ to Katsuie and Oichi in SW5, since they don’t appear after that.

So yeah, this is the story of Katsuie in SW5.

I personally wasn’t thrilled at the beginning, but after paying closer attention (and actually finally getting the Azai events LOL) and replaying Tetorigawa, I now have a better appreciation for Katsuie and even Oichi, and Nagamasa and Oichi’s relationship. Because if you don’t use their characters during the stages they’re on Nobunaga’s side (even in Mitsuhide’s chapter) you miss a part of their story.